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z <br />.7 <br />July 27, 1994 <br />Ms. Carla Asleson <br />Administrative Assistant/City Planner <br />Falcon Heights City Hall <br />2077 W. Larpenteur Avenue <br />Falcon Heights, MN. 55113-5594 <br />Dear Ms. Asleson: <br />This letter is a request that the City of Falcon Heights conduct a <br />parking study of Tatum Street between Larpenteur Avenue and <br />Roselawn Avenue. <br />Tatum Street has become a free parking lot for individuals who are <br />connected with the University of Minnesota St. Paul Campus. Where <br />ever all day parking is allowed, these individuals will park their <br />car all day. Many times this is on both sides of the street. Some <br />days, there are over 25 cars parking during all working hours. I <br />object to this for a number of reasons: <br />• 1. When cars park on both sides of the street, it really narrows <br />the amount of space cars can use driving down the street. <br />Several times, I have had to wait fora car to pass before I <br />could continue going in the opposite direction. <br />2. There are no sidewalks on Tatum Street. Everyone who lives on <br />the street has to walk on the street in order to get around <br />the neighborhood. That includes, among others, the many <br />senior citizens like myself who like to take walks during the <br />day, the children who want to go over to friend's homes, <br />neighborhood individuals who want to go bike riding, and <br />homeowners who want to walk their pets everyday. During the <br />day we have to be extremely cautious nmt to get in the way of <br />the cars on the street and it is especially difficult when a <br />car is parked on each side of the street and we have to share <br />the remaining narrow roadway with other cars. <br />3. The individuals parking on the street have no concern for the <br />residents on the street. Many of them race down the street to <br />find a parking spot and then at night race down the street to <br />get home. The speed limit of 30 miles an hour is completely <br />ignored. This is dangerous for the residents using the <br />street. <br />4. Several years ago my taxes and other neighbors taxes were <br />raised to pay for improvements on our streets. I don't <br />appreciate non-residents using our improved streets and <br />indirectly using my money for a free parking lot. What seems <br />